Question

Read this excerpt from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Answer 1

Answer:

AABB

Explanation:

Sky and By rhyme which is AA which means it's the first and second line rhyme.

Shaking and Breaking rhyme which is BB with the third and fourth rhyming.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. aabb

Explanation:

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;

And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

Key:

example - a

example - b